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URL:https://www.clubofrome.org/events/building-bridges-2023/
SUMMARY:Building Bridges 2023
DESCRIPTION:Building Bridges is back with its fourth edition\, the high-lev
 el Summit and Action Days will offer ground- breaking discussions on susta
 inable finance\, explore concrete ways to achieve the SDGs with renowned e
 xperts\, and launch new initiatives. The event aims to create synergies\, 
 support new initiatives and make finance a key catalyst for change.  Sand
 rine Dixson-Declève\, Co-President of The Club of Rome and Carlos Alvarez
  Pereira\, Vice-President of The Club of Rome will participate in several 
 sessions exploring the need for COP reform\, rethinking finance for a post
 -growth economy and the implications and possibilities of digital money.\n
 Rethinking Finance for a Post-Growth Economy\n5 October\, 10:00 to 11:00 (
 CET)\nCentre International de Conférences Genève - Room E\n\n\nThis sess
 ion will explore the concept of post-growth economics and its implications
  for the finance sector. Sandrine Dixson-Declève\, Co-President of The Cl
 ub of Rome will join industry experts and creative minds to ask the follow
 ing questions: What are the opportunities in the post-growth economy? What
  does it mean for finance? How can we build sustainable business models fo
 r a post-growth economy?\nDigital Money: Expectations\, Realities\, Prospe
 cts\n5 October\, 13:30 to 15:00 (CET) \nCentre International de Conférenc
 es Genève - Room A\nLivestream: https://www.buildingbridges.org/event/bb2
 3-senbumo/\n\nFifteen years ago\, blockchains and bitcoins highlighted the
  news\, promising a new era of “free” currencies. Carlos Alvarez Perei
 ra\, Vice-President of The Club of Rome will be a speaker in this session 
 which look at Where do we stand today? Do blockchain currencies match the 
 more traditional credit card payment systems? How did the financial system
  react and what about digital currencies emitted by Central Banks?\n\nSpea
 kers include: Carlos Alvarez Pereira\, Vice-President of The Club of Rome\
 , Sabrina Boudefar\, Founder and Web3 Strategist - NOMA Tokenomics\, Natha
 n Sussman\, Director - Center for Finance and Development\, Anna-Riikka Ka
 uppinen\, Assistant Professor of Anthropology - Geneva Graduate Institute\
 , Nadja Skaljic\, Board Member - Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust and Arkan Akin\
 , Co-Founder - Toronet.\nThe Road to COP28\n5 October\, 17:30 to 18:30 (CE
 T) \nCentre International de Conférences Genève - Room A\n\nAt the heart
  of the discussion is the recognition that the world’s first global stoc
 ktake\, which will take stage at COP28\, presents a pivotal moment in our 
 collective efforts to combat climate change. While the Paris Agreements se
 t forth ambitious goals and commitments to limit global warming to a 1.5 s
 cenario\, the metrics are depicting a disheartening reality: many countrie
 s and corporate strategies are falling short of what is required to keep u
 s on track towards a sustainable future. Sandrine Dixson-Declève\, Co-Pre
 sident of The Club of Rome will join experts to tackle these questions and
  explore the necessary steps for ensuring that the pace for climate action
  in the coming years is on the right track and that the needle keeps movin
 g in the right direction\, especially in the Global South which trails far
  behind.\n\nSpeakers include: Sandrine Dixson-Declève\, Co-President of T
 he Club of Rome\, Daniela Stoffel\, State Secretary for International Fina
 nce - Federal Department of Finance\, Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khali
 fa Al Nahyan\, President and Chief Executive Officer - UAE Independent Cli
 mate Change Accelerators\, Paul Polman\, Business Leader\, Climate and Equ
 ality Campaigner - Net Positive and Sebastião Salgado\, Photographer &amp
 \; Activist.\n\nSandrine Dixson-Declève\, Co-President of The Club of Ro
 me shares her experience of #BuildingBridges23 and her insights on sustain
 able finance.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JreEo8d-OcY
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